Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón : biography

5 June 2005 -

|- | |} Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born 5 June 2005), is the daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín, the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca. She is the sixth grandchild and second granddaughter of the current monarchs of Spain, Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain and a Grandee of Spain.

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent

Don Juan de Urdangarín de Axarresta

Don Andrés de Urdangarín, 1659-1736

Don Joanes de Urdangarín, 1687-1758

Don Felipe de Urdangarín, 1748-1823

Don Felipe Ignacio de Urdangarín y Dorronsoro, 1776-1846

Don José Joaquin de Urdangarín, 1812-1855

Don Juan Miguel de Urdangarín y Zarranz, 1842-1916

Don Diego de Urdangarín y Arrizabalaga, 1873-1948

Don Laureano de Urdangarín y Larrañaga, 1898-1982

Don Juan María Urdangarín Berriochoa, 1932-2012

Don Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca, b.1968

Doña Irene Urdangarín y Borbón

Matrilineal descent

Matrilineal descent

Irene's matrilineal line of descent is the line from mother to daughter.

Adélaïde de Béziers

Garsenda of Forcalquier

Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, 1180–1242

Gersenda of Provence, 1205–1268

Constance of Béarn

Teresa Díaz de Haro

Juana Núñez de Lara, 1286–1351

Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, 1317–1347

Juana Manuel of Castile, 1339–1381

Infanta Eleanor of Castile, 1363–1416

Queen Blanche I of Navarre, 1387–1441

Queen Eleanor of Navarre, 1426–1479

Infanta Catherine of Navarre, 1455–1494

Anna of Foix-Candale, 1484–1506

Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, 1503–1547

Archduchess Maria of Austria, 1531–81

Marie Eleonore of Cleves, 1550–1608

Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, 1586–1659

Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, 1610–1684

Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1631–1719

Princess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, 1663–1749

Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolbert-Gedern, 1699–1750

Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, 1727–1796

Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, 1757–1831

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, 1786–1861

Princess Feodora of Leiningen, 1807–1872

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1835–1900

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Empress of Germany, 1858–1921

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, 1892–1980

Frederica of Hanover, Queen of the Hellenes, 1917–1981

Sofía of Greece, Queen of Spain, b.1938

Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, b.1965

Doña Irene Urdangarín y Borbón, b.2005

Name, style and title

Title

Her Excellency Doña Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón

Since birth she carries the style "Her Excellency". All the children of Infanta Cristina and Infanta Elena have the HE Don/Doña style, as befits the children of an Infanta of Spain. - Official site of the Royal Household of HM the King Although they don't have a title, all grandchildren of King Juan Carlos are members of the Spanish Royal House.

Family and early life

Irene also has three older brothers, Juan, Pablo, and Miguel. She is currently eleventh and last in the line of succession to the Spanish Throne.

She was baptized on 14 July 2005 in the garden of the Palace of Zarzuela, Madrid. Her godparents are Princess Rosario of Bulgaria and Pedro López-Quesada. Cardinal Rouco Varela performed the baptism. Irene was named after her grand-aunt, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, the sister of Queen Sofía. She was named "Todos los Santos" (All Saints), as it is customary among the Bourbons. This name is only granted to members of the royal house.

Prior to moving to Washington, D.C. in 2009, Irene lived in Barcelona with her parents and siblings, and was enrolled in the Carles Riba preschool. She still spends a large part of the summer in Spain at her grandparents holiday house on Mallorca: Palacio de Marivent, and visits Spain with her parents and brothers on various occasions during the year.

Public appearances

Irene often attends the Copa del Rey with the rest of the Spanish Royal Family, which takes place in Palma de Mallorca, in the island of Majorca, Spain.http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/cSDJ7dfinvb/30th+Copa+del+Rey+Audi+Mapfre+Sailing+Cup/bZic8E9zPHL/Irene+Urdangarin

Irene and her family attended the christening of Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark in 2009, which took place at the Aghioi Anargiroi monastery in Greece.

On 23 March 2008, Irene attended the Easter Church Service with the royal family at Palma Cathedral, in Palma de Mallorca, on the island of Majorca, in Spain.http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/members-of-the-spanish-royal-family-attend-easter-sunday-news-photo/158080487

Irene also took part in the royal family's photo call which took place at the Marivent Palace in Palma de Mallorca on 7 August 2007.http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/infanta-cristina-inaki-urdangarin-of-spain-with-their-news-photo/158157974